Travel vaccinations: Individual consultation Seek advice from a travel physician before you travel. This may be a physician in private practice who specializes in this area or a medical advisor at a tropical institute. The travel physician can tell you which travel vaccinations are advisable for you personally. Decisive factors include the destination, travel time, … Travel Vaccinations – What You Need and When
Papers Apartment Care articles Identity card, passport (valid?) Hand over keys Teeth (toothbrush, toothpaste, dental floss) Flight or train tickets Plants Hair (shampoo, comb, hair gel and spray, hair dryer, hair tie) Visa pets Skin (shower gel, soap, deodorant, body lotion, face cream) Travel insurance Letters, parcels, newspapers (storage request, possibly forwarding request to the … Travel preparation checklist
The main diseases that can be contracted through food and drinking water are: Brucellosis Cholera Clonorchiasis Diarrhea Giardiasis Hepatitis A and hepatitis E Polio Anthrax Roundworm infestation Tuberculosis Typhoid fever Vaccinations are only available against hepatitis A, polio and typhoid. For eating food in countries with hygiene deficiencies, the following mnemonic is especially important: “Peel … Drinking water and food hygiene
Before you leave, make a list of key addresses with associated phone numbers. These include: German consulate or embassy German speaking doctors in the vacation region Hospitals in the vacation region Health insurance, repatriation insurance Representation of the travel company in Germany and at the vacation destination Representation of the airline in Germany and at … Travel Preparation: Important Addresses
Disease Main spread Prevention Schistosomiasis (Bilharzia) tropical-subtropical areas in Africa, South America, the Caribbean, Asia and the Middle East do not bathe, dive, water-ski or drink from stagnant waters Boutonneuse fever (Mediterranean tick-borne spotted fever). Mediterranean, East and East Africa, India Tick protection Brucellosis (Malta fever and Bang’s disease) Malta fever: Mediterranean area, Africa, Latin … Travel-related Illnesses – Overview
It occurs only in areas where a particular aquatic snail species is native, which the parasites need for their development. The snail lives on banks of standing or slow-flowing freshwaters. Distribution areas are mainly Africa, the east of Central and South America and isolated areas in Asia. The pathogens penetrate the skin through contact with … Swimming in Tropical Inland Waters
